Co H, 7th Ohio Inf
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The Holton Recorder, August 21, 1913:
John W. Lentz was born at Unity, Columbianna county, Ohio, March 11, 1842, and died August 13, 1913, at Eldorado Springs, Mo. He was married October, 1867, to Margaret Ann Keener. They moved to Columbus, Nebraska, in 1869, thence to Whiting, Kan., in 1878, where he has resided until this summer, when he and his wife went to the springs for their health. When a boy he united with the Lutheran church and when President Lincoln made his first call for volunteers to put down the rebellion of ‘61, Mr. Lentz enlisted in the Seventh Ohio, serving a year and a half, when he was discharged, permanently disabled by a gun shot wound .... He broke out the new prairie for the Whiting park, and with others hauled trees from the timber and set them out. He was one of the prime movers and hardest workers in securing the Whiting township hall .... he was the last of five brothers to pass over. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, three sons, Charles A., William R., and Edwin J. with their wives, six grandchildren .... laid to rest in the Whiting cemetery. The relatives present from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Auld, of Frankfort; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Keener and son Carl, of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keener also of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCurdy and daughter, of Wetmore; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Conner, of Circleville.
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Whiting. From the Journal.] Mrs. C. A. Lentz and Mr. E. J. Lentz went to El Dorado Springs, Mo., to see the latter's father ... since the above was written C. A. Lentz received a message stating that the father had died ....
Obituary courtesy of Thomas Mick 02/14/2014
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The Holton Recorder, August 21, 1913:
John W. Lentz was born at Unity, Columbianna county, Ohio, March 11, 1842, and died August 13, 1913, at Eldorado Springs, Mo. He was married October, 1867, to Margaret Ann Keener. They moved to Columbus, Nebraska, in 1869, thence to Whiting, Kan., in 1878, where he has resided until this summer, when he and his wife went to the springs for their health. When a boy he united with the Lutheran church and when President Lincoln made his first call for volunteers to put down the rebellion of ‘61, Mr. Lentz enlisted in the Seventh Ohio, serving a year and a half, when he was discharged, permanently disabled by a gun shot wound .... He broke out the new prairie for the Whiting park, and with others hauled trees from the timber and set them out. He was one of the prime movers and hardest workers in securing the Whiting township hall .... he was the last of five brothers to pass over. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, three sons, Charles A., William R., and Edwin J. with their wives, six grandchildren .... laid to rest in the Whiting cemetery. The relatives present from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Auld, of Frankfort; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Keener and son Carl, of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keener also of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCurdy and daughter, of Wetmore; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Conner, of Circleville.
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Whiting. From the Journal.] Mrs. C. A. Lentz and Mr. E. J. Lentz went to El Dorado Springs, Mo., to see the latter's father ... since the above was written C. A. Lentz received a message stating that the father had died ....
Obituary courtesy of Thomas Mick 02/14/2014
Co H, 7th Ohio Inf
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The Holton Recorder, August 21, 1913:
John W. Lentz was born at Unity, Columbianna county, Ohio, March 11, 1842, and died August 13, 1913, at Eldorado Springs, Mo. He was married October, 1867, to Margaret Ann Keener. They moved to Columbus, Nebraska, in 1869, thence to Whiting, Kan., in 1878, where he has resided until this summer, when he and his wife went to the springs for their health. When a boy he united with the Lutheran church and when President Lincoln made his first call for volunteers to put down the rebellion of ‘61, Mr. Lentz enlisted in the Seventh Ohio, serving a year and a half, when he was discharged, permanently disabled by a gun shot wound .... He broke out the new prairie for the Whiting park, and with others hauled trees from the timber and set them out. He was one of the prime movers and hardest workers in securing the Whiting township hall .... he was the last of five brothers to pass over. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, three sons, Charles A., William R., and Edwin J. with their wives, six grandchildren .... laid to rest in the Whiting cemetery. The relatives present from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Auld, of Frankfort; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Keener and son Carl, of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keener also of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCurdy and daughter, of Wetmore; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Conner, of Circleville.
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Whiting. From the Journal.] Mrs. C. A. Lentz and Mr. E. J. Lentz went to El Dorado Springs, Mo., to see the latter's father ... since the above was written C. A. Lentz received a message stating that the father had died ....
Obituary courtesy of Thomas Mick 02/14/2014
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The Holton Recorder, August 21, 1913:
John W. Lentz was born at Unity, Columbianna county, Ohio, March 11, 1842, and died August 13, 1913, at Eldorado Springs, Mo. He was married October, 1867, to Margaret Ann Keener. They moved to Columbus, Nebraska, in 1869, thence to Whiting, Kan., in 1878, where he has resided until this summer, when he and his wife went to the springs for their health. When a boy he united with the Lutheran church and when President Lincoln made his first call for volunteers to put down the rebellion of ‘61, Mr. Lentz enlisted in the Seventh Ohio, serving a year and a half, when he was discharged, permanently disabled by a gun shot wound .... He broke out the new prairie for the Whiting park, and with others hauled trees from the timber and set them out. He was one of the prime movers and hardest workers in securing the Whiting township hall .... he was the last of five brothers to pass over. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, three sons, Charles A., William R., and Edwin J. with their wives, six grandchildren .... laid to rest in the Whiting cemetery. The relatives present from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Auld, of Frankfort; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Keener and son Carl, of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keener also of Valley Falls; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCurdy and daughter, of Wetmore; Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Conner, of Circleville.
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Whiting. From the Journal.] Mrs. C. A. Lentz and Mr. E. J. Lentz went to El Dorado Springs, Mo., to see the latter's father ... since the above was written C. A. Lentz received a message stating that the father had died ....
Obituary courtesy of Thomas Mick 02/14/2014
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